UJJAIN

Meaning of UJJAIN in English

Pronunciation: ' ü- ˌ j ī n

Function: geographical name

city NW cen India in W Madhya Pradesh NNW of Indore pop 429,933

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

UJJAIN — geographical name city NW central India in W Madhya Pradesh NNW of Indore population 362,633
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UJJAIN — /ooh"juyn/ , n. a city in W Madhya Pradesh, in W central India: one of the seven holy cities of …
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UJJAIN — geographical name city NW central India in W Madhya Pradesh NNW of Indore population 362,633
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AVANTI — Historic kingdom, northern India. Located on the overland trade routes between northern and southern India, it lay within present-day Madhya …
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